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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Mar 25;63(8):1016–1024. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.16

Table 2.

Correlations among different fiber types, sources of fiber, and foods rich in fiber^a

Variable	Correlation
Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Total fiber (1)	1.00	0.93	0.99	0.33	0.27	0.91	0.26	0.19	0.50	0.77
Water-soluble fiber (2)	…	1.00	0.89	0.56	0.39	0.73	0.49	0.35	0.45	0.61
Water-insoluble fiber (3)	…	…	1.00	0.26	0.23	0.94	0.19	0.15	0.50	0.81
Fruit fiber (4)	…	…	…	1.00	0.23	0.04	0.81	0.37	0.05	0.01
Vegetable fiber (5)	…	…	…	…	1.00	0.00	0.19	0.55	−0.01	0.03
Cereal fiber (6)	…	…	…	…	…	1.00	0.02	−0.02	0.51	0.85
Fruits (7)	…	…	…	…	…	…	1.00	0.40	0.19	0.09
Vegetables (8)	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	1.00	0.17	0.06
Cereals (9)	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	1.00	0.57
Rye products (10)	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	1.00

^a

Dietary fiber variables are adjusted for total energy intake.